Parental child-rearing practices and values and factors
influencing those practices were the main focus of this Detroit Area
Study. Respondents were asked about their involvement with their
children and the kind and amount of activities done together, household
rules that children were expected to follow and how strictly those
rules were enforced, and forms of punishment employed for disobedience
such as scolding, grounding, or physical punishment. Parental values
were explored by the survey wit... (more info)

Parental child-rearing practices and values and factors
influencing those practices were the main focus of this Detroit Area
Study. Respondents were asked about their involvement with their
children and the kind and amount of activities done together, household
rules that children were expected to follow and how strictly those
rules were enforced, and forms of punishment employed for disobedience
such as scolding, grounding, or physical punishment. Parental values
were explored by the survey with a variety of items such as the
importance to the respondent of being a parent, educational achievement
desired for children, the desirability of certain qualities in their
children, (e.g., good manners, honesty, sound judgment, responsibility,
and being a good student), and whether it was important for their
children to have certain skills such as knowing how to swim.
Respondents were also queried about their satisfaction with the
cleanliness of their homes, the amount of space in the home, the
quality of the main meal of the day, and the amount of money available
for them to do the things they want to do. Other questions asked by the
survey include whether the auto industry would make a comeback, the
main reasons the auto industry was in trouble, if the respondent or any
of their children had ever gotten into trouble using matches or fire
and the consequences of those actions, and whether all important
decisions in the life of the family should be made by the man.
Background information on individuals includes race, age, sex,
household composition, marital status, income, occupation, religious
preference, education, and union membership.

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